Newsletter-21

481 LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS Important Changes and Development regarding Energy Law • The Regulation on the Amendment to the Electricity Market License Regulation entered into force through publication in the Official Gazette dated 23.12.2015 and numbered 29571. • The Resolution of the Council of Ministers numbered 2015/8321 on the Extension of the Application Period in the Electricity Market Law numbered 6446 was published in the Official Gazette dated 24.12.2015 and numbered 29572. • The Regulation on theAmendment to the Natural Gas Market Certificate Regulation entered into force through publica- tion in the Official Gazette dated 25.12.2015 and numbered 29573. • The Regulation on the Abolishment of the Regulation re- garding the Electricity Market Distribution Systems and Control of the Realization of Plans was published in the Of- ficial Gazette dated 26.12.2015 and numbered 29574. This Regulation entered into force on 01.01.2016. • The Energy Market Regulation Board (“Board”) published the EnergyMarket RegulationAuthority (“EMRA”) Decision on the security deposits to be implemented after 01.01.2016 in the electricity market on its website on 27.12.2015. • The Board published EMRA Decision on the implementa- tion of fixed connection deposits after 01.01.2016 in the electricity market on its website on 27.12.2015. • The Board published EMRADecision on the implementation of cutting-connecting fees after 01.01.2016 in the electricity market on its website on 27.12.2015. • The Board published EMRADecision on free consumer lim- its as per Art. 25 of the Electricity Market Consumer Services